DHS - Future Impact Assessment of Informal Settlements

STATUS: Current
PROJECT LEADER:Hongoro, C (Prof. Charles)
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Jumath, BL (Mr Benelton), Ndinda, C (Dr Catherine)
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE: ()
RESEARCH OUTPUTS: Report on a baseline assessment for future impact evaluation of informal settlements targeted for upgrading: final report, Report on a baseline assessment for future impact evaluation of informal settlements targeted for upgrading: summary report, Baseline assessment for future impact evaluation of informal settlements targeted for upgrading: draft: final fieldwork report, Perception survey for the Gauteng provincial legislature, Future impact evaluation for informal settlements targeted for upgrading: inception report, Future impact evaluation for informal settlements targeted for upgrading: literature review report

Abstract

Informal settlements, pose a major challenge for managers and planners in South African cities. Since 1994 the number of households living in informal settlements has risen in both absolute and as a share of the total number of households in the country. In 2006 South Africa was said to have about 2600 informal settlements, most of which were located in major cities. This means that 13.4 per cent of households (and in absolute number 1.4 million households) in the country live in informal conditions. The number of informal settlements has persisted to increase despite government delivering in access of 3.4 million housing opportunities to date. In an attempt to address the upgrading of informal settlements, the National Planning Commission in the National Development Plan (NDP) prepared and adopted by government, calls for government to build on its experience and work proactively with people, which is aligned to one of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme???s objectives which is community empowerment. The NDP also addresses the transformation of spatial arrangements and spatial governance. The NDP proposes overarching principles that all spatial development should conform to, which include spatial justice, spatial sustainability, spatial resilience, spatial quality and spatial efficiency. To be able to incorporate these principles into the operational principles of upgrading informal settlements, information, knowledge and an improved understanding needs to be developed through structured surveys, evaluations, research and analysis the information in this proposed survey will be the first step to produce the plan to guide the development as envisaged in the NDP. The purpose of the baseline study will be to collect data that will be used to conduct future impact evaluations targeted at achieving the following: ??? Strengthen implementation and improve the performance of the programme ??? Determine the nature and sustainability of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme outcomes ??? Determine measurable impacts on beneficiaries and communities that the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme produces The baseline should do the following: ??? Establish state/sense of tenure security, households sense of belonging (as it relates to the city/municipal jurisdiction) ??? The extent of personal investment that households are making in their residential space ??? Determine the level of access to basic services; and quality of life of informal settlement dwellers ??? Establish households??? sense of security ??? Examine the state of social capital Outcomes: ??? Theoretical framework report. ??? Environmental scan report. ??? Report on field research process and outcome. ??? Final database with cleaned data ??? Final data delivery report

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